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NEW YORK -- A Roman Catholic religious order released an unusually candid report Tuesday outlining how its leaders failed for decades to stop sex abuse in its schools and other ministries. The Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph, which spans ...

Culture Catholic Church Pope Francis in brief Image Caption: Pope Francis waves at the end of a mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican (Reuters) One hundred days after his election, Pope Francis I is enjoying a positive image and ...

Roman Catholic Pope Francis I has acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" in the Roman Curia, the media have reported. "They speak of a 'gay lobby' and that is true, it is there," the AFP quoted the head of the Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church does not sanction the ordination of women. Bernadyne Sykora of St. Cloud, Minn., and two other women will be ordained priests at a Mass by the Roman Catholic Womenpriests of the Midwest Region on June 23, 2013 in St.

Laura Montoya, the first Colombian to be elevated to sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church, was generally considered crazy by the urban society she abandoned in 1914 when she moved to the jungle

Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago against German Nazi forces in the Warsaw ghetto

As the newly installed pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis will often be seen greeting the world from the back of a rather peculiar vehicle. It's taken many shapes over the last three d...

A Roman Catholic nun with a gambling addiction has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $130,000 from two rural western New York parishes.

Pope Francis emphasised the "fundamental" importance of women in the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, saying they were the first witnesses of Christ and have a special role in spreading the faith.